Blues will be hopping that Diego Costa is fit for this clash – while their title rivals will be praying the on-fire Spaniard isn’t. We expect updates from Conte on the striker at 1, but get the latest news on Chelsea’s team news here…

“I think David Luiz deserves respect always, whether he plays well or not. He’s playing great football with good concentration. He has to continue. You can play fantastic and then make mistakes which change opinions.”

On Costa…
“He’s playing goof football and focused in every moment of games. I asked this of my players and he shows passion in every moment of his life and during the games and in his private life. Now he’s showing this passion in right way.”

On Andrea Pirlo at Chelsea’s training ground today…
“I’m pleased for this because he was my player at Juve for three years and he was a great player. I’m happy for his visit with his son and we have a good relationship. Andrea come here only to visit and he has a contract in America and he’s enjoying it there.”

“The situation is simple. He’s in the squad and he stays with us and at the end of this season his contract will probably expire. But I don’t know what will happen. For now he’s part of the squad and every single game I take my decision about him.”

“In this league, every game is very tough and for this reason we must know that we must put everything into winning. I’m pleased to win eight in a row but this is in the past. We’ll have more games, three games in seven days and for this reason we need all the players in good form. I think I could take the decision to rotate but we must think game by game.”

“I don’ think it’s right to talk about players of other teams. We are totally focused on next game against West Brom. Next season is very far and it’s not right to talk about it. It’s not fair on my players.”